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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII: The Earth and Her Inhabitants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did medieval men think only a wise man could do?
(a) Resist the influence of the planets.
(b) Divine the future by studying the past.
(c) Ignore astrology.
(d) See into the future.

2. Which kind of soul gave the power to see and move?
(a) Vegetative.
(b) Rational.
(c) Conscious.
(d) Sensitive.

3. Which soul was created by God?
(a) Sensitive.
(b) Vegetative.
(c) Conscious.
(d) Rational.

4. When was mapping authority denied in Asia?
(a) The Ming Dynasty.
(b) The Millennial Dynasty.
(c) The Centennial Dynasty.
(d) The Ting Dynasty.

5. What did the term "the end of the earth" mean to medieval people?
(a) The edge of the flat earth.
(b) The separating space between earth and sky.
(c) The separation between the realm of gods and the realm of men.
(d) The edge of known geography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Amyclas the model of?

2. What did medieval men use to predict things?

3. What is thought to be at fault for people thinking medieval scholars had the wrong idea about the shape of the earth?

4. What is the earliest date of a contributor to the model?

5. What did Scipio Minor say is insignificant while he is in the sky?

(see the answer key)

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